As James Bond's preferred car, Aston Martin, with "pure British blood", has attracted the attention of countless fans If you want to immerse yourself in a day in a 007 movie, you can now try to pocket the same db5 Sir Sean Connery used in the 1964 golden eye film
007: Golden Eye props car exhibited at the London Film Museum (from: murgatroyd49 / Wikimedia Commons)
Recently, the car was handed over to broad arrow auctions for auction. Although this film has never been used in the 007 series, its survival value is still the same as that of that year - the evaluation price is as high as $1.4 ~ 1.8 million.
From the aspect of appearance alone, this Aston Martin db5 is elegant. Even though many actors in history have interpreted the role of James Bond and driven dozens of expensive cars, db5 has always occupied the front row in the eyes of fans.
Interestingly, even Sean Connery himself failed to take the original prop car home smoothly. It was purchased by Mr. A. White who lived in the UK on July 7, 1964, and then waited there for a long time.
It was not until Connery had looked for it for a long time that he finally bought it in 2018. In the follow-up repair work, he also carefully repainted the car with the original snow shadow gray color in the golden finger film.
Unfortunately, sir Sean Connery died on October 31, 2020. Even if his family successfully persuaded him to collect the car after many years of his dream, his physical condition at that time was difficult to support him to travel around (including to Switzerland), CNN reported.
His son James Connery said his father liked the car at his home in Switzerland and always put such a picture on the table. But perhaps there is no time to enjoy the time with the car, and the family finally deserves to give up and sell it.
In terms of vehicle condition, the quality of this Aston Martin db5 originally produced in 1964 is still quite good. Shortly after Connery bought it, it was sent to brand expert RS Williams and sprayed with a new coat of paint.
Connery's family also overhauled the recently launched auction and plans to donate a large part of the auction proceeds to the Sean Connery charitable foundation.
Even better, lucky buyers can also get the opportunity to have an unforgettable driving experience with cornelli's best friend and F1 champion Sir Jackie Stewart.